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People lie, satellite images don't—hence why the US and South Korea are closely monitoring a new suspected missile site near North Korea's central border with China. The facility in Hoejung-ni, "one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States," shows Pyongyang is continuing to improve its missile capabilities even as it presents a very different picture to the world, reports the New York Times, quoting two experts. Citing new satellite images obtained by CNN, Jeffrey Lewis and David Schmerler of California's Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey say the site featuring possible missile shelters is the ideal spot to "house long-range missiles," as its location "backed up against the Chinese border" reduces the risk of preemptive strikes from the US.

News of the construction, perhaps an expansion of the active Yeongjeo-dong missile base 7 miles away, follows a November report identifying at least 13 hidden missile bases in North Korea. Lewis and Schmerler argue missiles are still being mass-produced and deployed throughout the country, in contrast with President Trump's claims of progress on denuclearization. Indeed, satellite images show the Hoejung-ni site was still under construction as of August, two months after Trump said there was "no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea." "They have not lived up to the commitments so far," national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday, per CNN. "That's why I think the president thinks that another summit is likely to be productive." Per the Times, Trump has said the meeting with Kim Jong Un could come in January or February. (Border posts are now being destroyed.)

N. Korea, China, and Russia pretty much 'get along'. I'm still, since the onset, skeptical about N.K.'s ability to rise so quickly and undetected into the nuclear 'club', and be allowed to continue. Russia, to me, especially seems suspect. It's been known to pull similar 'fast ones' before, i.e., 'missiles of october'. The U.S. and its' allies are being threatened by strategically placed weapons of SERIOUS mass destruction. What is it going to do about it?! No easy answers here, but it really needs to be effectively dealt with, not excluding using deadly force,...

musksnipe

Dec 6, 2018 7:59 PM CST

The eastern world, it is explodin', Violence flarin', bullets loadin', You're old enough to kill but not for votin', You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin', And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin', But you tell me over and over and over again my friend, Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction. - Barry McGuire This tune has been played for a lot of years. Welcome to the real world. Dictators lie, Dictators die. And the lives of more people get better everyday, even though we have been on the Eve of Destruction for 53 years.....

Travel-n-man

Dec 6, 2018 5:20 PM CST

"People lie, satellite images don't" Apparently they never heard of the decoys, concealment and subterfuge the allied did.. I'd say that satellites can be fooled almost as easily as people. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=wwii+decoys+and+subterfuge&qpvt=wwii+decoys+and+subterfuge&FORM=IGRE